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This year, the East Lancashire village made national news as residents hit breaking point over booze, noise and antisocial behaviour. We spoke to Whalley's young partiers to hear their side of the story.

Cruises, perhaps the final boss of organised fun, have seen a huge uptake in Gen Z and young millennial punters over the last few years.

They've got a lot to worry about. There are exams, homework and Andrew Tate; hairstyles, football results and first kisses. But getting through boyhood unscathed isn’t a lost cause – not with this lot, at least.

Viral run club Runnpac set hearts racing on TikTok this summer, prompting many to tie up their laces and race towards love. But is it really the cure to our dating woes?

GHB and GBL, more commonly known as "G", has a reputation for being particularly dangerous and problematic, in part thanks to an association with sexual assault – but many people simply use it to feel good. It's time to confront the shame that comes with the high.

The 16-year-old Team GB skater and Nike athlete won another bronze medal last week, powering through a shoulder injury to make it to the podium in Paris. Her personal 2024 Olympics highlight? Watching her friends smash it, too.

Not that you’re up to anything. Obviously.

We teamed up with the much-loved hotel to cut cake, rave on the rooftop and – of course – screen the England game.

Look out, Gen Z. Gen Alpha’s arrived, slathered in Sephora products and vaping like there’s no tomorrow. We gathered siblings from both warring cohorts and asked – from a safe distance – the pressing question du jour.

Outside off-licenses, Tescos and your local retailer of non-cig smokables, a new tapestry of urban, consumer art sits atop Britain’s bins.

Drug-poisoning deaths in England and Wales are at an all-time high. Here’s what to do if you’re around someone who might be in trouble.

Most pills are made in the Netherlands, but there’s also a cottage industry in the UK, with people knocking out pingers in spare bedrooms, garages and lock-ups.

The science is clear: vaping is much less harmful than smoking. But half of Britain’s smokers still think it’s the other way round.

The Queen of Dating (celebs) got us hot under the collar at her annual V-Day party last night. Here’s who was snogging who.

HHC is being touted as a legal alternative to weed. Is it legal? Is it more dangerous than traditional weed? Here’s everything we know.

DoxyPEP is a potentially game-changing way of preventing STIs. Here’s everything you need to know and how to get hold of it.

Before you sack it off altogether, consider what these experts have to say.

A sushi restaurant with no website is drawing the likes of Dua Lipa, Kendall Jenner, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift to a random strip mall on Sunset Boulevard. Is the $400 sashimi really that good?

Young people are, famously, giving up the booze. Considering it? Here's how to still socialise successfully in 2024.

In 2024, being a teenage girl means dealing with social media, body image, politics and misogyny – not to mention homework and friendships. It’s not easy. But it’s not without hope.

Local heroes, community-led movements, MMA fighters and a girls’ holiday in Zante: these are the best stories we went out and reported on in 2023.

It’s been a big year for sex, from relationship hard launches to the “whoring twenties” and inflationships. Not to mention break-up sex and erotic hypnosis. Do we have your attention? Go on, you know you want to…